January 14, 1981 - Resources consultant William Thomas discusses water and its allocation.
February 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Robert Dunn, of the Minnesota Waste Management Control Board, discusses waste and hazardous waste sites control in Minnesota. Topics include burial of waste and recycling options. Dunn also answer listener questions.
March 18, 1981 - Results show water quality has shown marked improvement since Reserve Mining stopped discharge of taconite tailings directly into Lake Superior. Environmentalists believe fibers found in the taconite tailings have carcinogenic characteristics of asbestos.
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March 27, 1981 - MPR’s Kim Hodgson reports on speech comments regarding toxic waste from journalist Michael Brown, author of the book Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals.
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May 16, 1981 - Winston Borden, president of the Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry, and Michael McCloskey of the Sierra Club discuss the environment and answer live listener questions concerning issues of the protection of the environment and economic development. Bob Potter hosts.
May 29, 1981 - James Gustave Speth, senior fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute, speaking at the Humphrey Institute about measures to alleviate the increase of CO2. Speth’s address is titled "Carbon Dioxide Buildup: The Case for Limited Action.” Speth is former chairman of the president's Council on Environmental Quality during the Carter administration.
June 7, 1981 - Commentator Bruce Benidt is “seeing red” after seeing green in Minnesota lakes…waters choked with algae weeds and slime, due to various pollutants.